2 Esdras 7:58 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

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I said, “Supreme Lord, that which is abundant is cheaper, because what is more rare is valuable.”

I answered, “Lord and master, the common things are cheap; it is the rare things that are valuable.”

I said, “O sovereign Lord, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.”

I answered, “Lord and master, the common things are cheap; it is the rare things that are valuable.”

I said, “O sovereign Lord, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.”

I said, “O sovereign Lord, what is plentiful is of less worth, for what is more rare is more precious.”